Dixie Echoes Garner Five Singing News Fan Award Top 10 Nominations

Thanks to the readers of the Singing News magazine for nominating the members of the Dixie Echoes for several Fan Awards!

Horizon Individual:
Dallas Rogers
Tracy Crouch

Pianist:
Stewart Varnado

Musician:
Randy "Scoot" Shelnut, Jr.

Band:
Dixie Echoes Band

Here's the entire list of Top 10 Nominees:


BOONE, NC(Singing News) - The results are in! Singing News is pleased to announce the Top Ten Nominees for the 2006 Singing News Fan Awards. After tabulating the results of the nominations ballot, which appeared in the subscribers' copy of the March issue of Singing News, the Top Ten Nominees are...

Male Singer
Bennett, Eric - Triumphant Quartet
Bishop, Mark - soloist
Bowling, Mike - Mike Bowling Group
Crabb, Jason - Crabb Family
Fowler, Scott - Legacy Five
Free, Brian - Brian Free & Assurance
Haase, Ernie - Signature Sound
Parker, Ivan - soloist
Rice, Arthur - Kingdom Heirs
Wolfe, Gerald - Gerald Wolfe

Favorite Female Singer
Bean, Peg McKamey - McKameys
Bowling, Kelly - Crabb Family
Easter, Sheri - Jeff & Sheri Easter
Gooch, Karen Peck - Karen Peck & New River
Hopper, Connie - Hoppers
Hopper, Kim - Hoppers
Stuffle, Libbi Perry - Perrys
Talley, Debra - Talley Trio
Talley, Lauren - Talley Trio
Whisnant, Susan - Whisnants

Young Artist
Crabb, Aaron - Crabb Family
Fortner, Eli - McKameys
Inman, Scott - Triumphant Quartet
Habedank, Joseph - Perrys
Hise, Aaron - Whisnants
Phillips, Eric - Mark Trammell Trio
Selph, Derrick - Brian Free & Assurance
Talley, Lauren - Talley Trio
Thompson, Amber - Nelons
Waldroup, Jason - Greater Vision

Horizon Individual
Brown, Michaela - Browns
Crouch, Tracy - Dixie Echoes
Hampton, Wes - Gaither Vocal Band
Holt, Matthew - Perrys
Huggins, Victoria - Soloist
Jeffrey, Lance - Dove Brothers
Rogers, Dallas - Dixie Echoes
Schweinsberg, Micah - Crabb Family
Simpson, Josh - Gold City
Singletary, Josh - Monument Quartet

Horizon Group
Beloved
Browns
Crystal River
Eighth Day
First Love
Hope's Call
LeFevre Quartet
Monument Quartet
Soul'd Out Quartet
Skyline Boys

Tenor
Free, Brian - Brian Free & Assurance
Haase, Ernie - Signature Sound Quartet
Hodges, Billy - Kingdom Heirs
Ladd, Steve - Gold City
Phillips, Eric - Mark Trammell Trio
Rulapaugh, John - Palmetto State Quartet
Seamans, Frank - Legacy Five
Sutton, David - Triumphant Quartet
Waldroup, Jason - Greater Vision
Watkins, Archie - Inspirations

Lead
Crabb, Jason - Crabb Family
Dibler, Matt - Inspirations
Fowler, Scott - Legacy Five
Harris, Loren - Perrys
Inman, Clayton - Triumphant Quartet
Rice, Arthur - Kingdom Heirs
Seaton, Ryan - Signature Sound
Shivers, Bill - Brian Free & Assurance
Wilburn, Jonathan - Gold City
Wolfe, Gerald - Greater Vision

Baritone
Anderson, Doug - Signature Sound
Campbell, Melton - Inspirations
French, Steve - Kingdom Heirs
Griffin, Rodney - Greater Vision
Habedank, Joseph - Perrys
Howard, Scott - Legacy Five
Inman, Scott - Triumphant Quartet
Riley, Daniel - Gold City
Selph, Derrick - Brian Free & Assurance
Trammell, Mark - Mark Trammell Trio

Bass
Bennett, Eric - Triumphant Quartet
Chapman, Jeff - Kingdom Heirs
Duncan, Tim - Signature Sound
Dustin, Glenn - Legacy Five
Holcomb, Mike - Inspirations
McDonald Gene - Florida Boys
O'Neal, Ed - Dixie Melody Boys
Plott, Keith - Brian Free & Assurance
Reese, Ray Dean - Kingsmen
Stuffle, Tracy - Perrys

Alto
Easter, Sheri - Jeff & Sheri Easter
Hopper, Connie - Hoppers
Hoskins, Reva - Hoskins Family
Lord, Kim - LordSong
McRae, Kelly - McRaes
Penhollow, Terah Crabb - Crabb Family
Stuffle, Libbi - Perrys
Talley, Debra - Talley Trio
Whisnant, Susan - Whisnants
Woodard, Carol - McKameys

Soprano
Aldridge, Angie Hoskins - Hoskins Family
Balltzglier, Amber Franks - LordSong
Bowling, Kelly - Crabb Family
Fortner, Connie - McKameys
Gooch, Karen Peck - Karen Peck & New River
Greene, TaRanda - Greenes
Hopper, Kim - Hoppers
McRae, Annie - McRaes
Ritchie, Charlotte - Jeff & Sheri Easter
Talley, Lauren - Talley Trio

Soloist
Bishop, Mark
Bowling, Mike
Combs, Michael
Gore, Tony
Lanier, John
Lee, Cricket
Miller, Randy
Parker, Ivan
Rambo, Dottie
Sheppard, Garry

Trio
Booth Brothers
Greater Vision
GreenesJeff & Sheri Easter
Karen Peck & New River
LordSong
Mark Trammell Trio
Ricky Atkinson & Compassion
Talley Trio
Whisnants

Mixed Quartet
Collingsworth Family
Crabb Family
Freemans
Hayes Family
Hoppers
Hoskins Family
Isaacs
Jody Brown Indian Family
McKameys
Perrys

Traditional Quartet
Brian Free & Assurance
Dove Brothers
Gold City
Inspirations
Kingdom Heirs
Kingsmen
Legacy Five
Palmetto State Quartet
Signature Sound Quartet
Triumphant Quartet

Pianist
Bennett, Roger - Legacy Five
Cook, Martin - Inspirations
Ellis, Justin - Crabb Family
Harmon, Adam - Kingdom Heirs
Holt, Matthew - Perrys
Ishee, Andrew - Palmetto State Quartet
McDowell, Scott - Brian Free & Assurance
Stice, Jeff - Triumphant Quartet
Varnado, Stewart - Dixie Echoes
Webb, Roy - Signature Sound

Musician
Crabb, Adam - Crabb Family
Fortner, Roger - McKameys
Free, Ricky - Brian Free & Assurance
French, Kreis - Kingdom Heirs
Hopper, Mike - Hoppers
Isaacs, Sonya - Isaacs
Murphy, Dennis - Kingdom Heirs
Pfeifer, John - Pfeifers
Shelnut Jr, Randy - Dixie Echoes
Surrett, Tim - Soloist

Band
Brian Free & Assurance
Crabb Family
Dixie Echoes
Isaacs
Hoppers
Inspirations
Kingdom Heirs
Kingsmen
LeFevre Quartet
Primitive Quartet

Album
From the Smokies - Inspirations
It's So God - Brian Free & Assurance
Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle - Crabb Family
My Favorite Place - Greater Vision
New Day Dawning - Whisnants
Remembering Kenny Hinson - Mike Bowling
Remembering the Happy Goodmans - Perrys
Signature Sound - Signature Sound
This Time - Mark Trammell Trio
Triumphant Quartet - Triumphant Quartet

Songwriter
Bennett, Roger
Bishop, Mark
Bowling, Mike
Crabb, Aaron
Crabb, Gerald
Gaither, Bill
Griffin, Rodney
Inman, Scott
Parsons, Squire
Rowland, Kyla

Favorite Artist Website
Brian Free & Assurance
Crabb Family
Gold City
Greater Vision
Inspirations
Kingdom Heirs
Legacy Five
Perrys
Signature Sound
Triumphant Quartet

Favorite DJ, Small Market
Berry, Ford - WDCY, Douglasville, GA
Carlile, Rob - WZCT, Scottsboro, AL
Garner, Scott - WGMI, Bremen, GA
Hefner, Jim - WAVU, Albertville, AL
Hyde, Beecher - WAVU, Albertville, AL
Pounders, Bill - WLRD, Sandusky, OH
Tittle, Phil - KPAE, Port Allen, LA
Vines, Robert - WROM, Rome, GA
Wishon, Jon, WWWC - Wilkesboro, NC
Whisnant, John - WCIS, Morganton, NC

Favorite DJ, Medium Market
Britt, Noah - WOSM, Ocean Springs, MS
Bruce, Rich - WTRM, Winchester, VA
Davis, Carol - WFGW, Black Mountain, NC
Edgil, Jerry - WBTG, Sheffield, AL
Ford, Carl - WRNA, Kannapolis, NC
O'Day, Danny - WCON, Cornelia, GA
Park, Bruce - KAOW, Fort Smith, AR
Richardson, Gary - WJCR, Upton, KY
Roberts, Bill - WLWI, Montgomery, AL
Snavely, Jim - WBTX, Broadway, VA

Favorite DJ, Large Market
Baucom, Rodney - WXRI, Winston-Salem, NC
Davis, Jack - KKGM, Dallas, TX
Foster, Ron - WZZK, Birmingham, AL
Goodman, Greg - WVRY, Nashville, TN
Guinn, Tim - WJBZ, Knoxville, TN
Hicks, Ken - WUSY, Chattanooga, TN
Sanders, Don - WKSJ, Mobile, AL
Taylor, Wanda - WXRI, Winston-Salem, NC
Wallace, Wayne - WXJC, Birmingham, AL
Wells, John - WCGW, Lexington, KY

Favorite Southern Gospel Song
Do You Want To Be Forgiven - Signature Sound
Don't Let The Sandals Fool Ya - Triumphant Quartet
He Saw It All- Booth Brothers
Healed - Brian Free & Assurance
His Name Was John - Perrys
I'm Not Ashamed - Inspirations
New Day Dawning - Whisnants
Out Of My Darkness - Legacy Five
Paid In Full Through Jesus, Amen - Greater Vision
Shepherd's Call - Crabb Family

***The Top 10 Songs will NOT be included on the Top 10 ballot that will appear in the May issue of Singing News. These ten songs will be voted on when the Top 5 ballot appears in the July issue.